Beidou Navigation Satellite System App. Beidou china s homegrown navigation satellite system is to cover the world by 2020. American spy plane pilots use china s satellite navigation system beidou as backup to gps us general says. It consists of two separate satellite constellations the first beidou system officially called the beidou satellite navigation experimental system and also known as beidou.
Bds stated to be rivalling gps is the fourth global satellite navigation system in the world. As a temporal spatial infrastructure of national significance the bds provides all time all weather and high accuracy positioning navigation.
China s answer to gps complete as final beidou satellite launches.
Completion and commissioning of the beidou navigation satellite system bds 3 on august 3 2020 a news conference was held at the state council information office for announcing that the bds 3 was formally commissioned. Bds stated to be rivalling gps is the fourth global satellite navigation system in the world. If you find an app titled beidou in an app store it s not official. A map app based on the self developed beidou navigation satellite system or compass is expected to be launched on may 1 according to thepaper cn.